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The Ghost in the Machine Returns

However uncomfortable it makes them, scientists must reckon with the mysterious role of intention in seeking to understand the nature of consciousness. Substantial evidence in favor of intentional mind-matter interactions ...

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This high-octane teleseminar surveys a broad scope of history and human evolution as Dr. Lipton illuminates the parallels between reptilian, avian, and mammalian evolution and the epochal transitions humanity as a whole is now traversing. He shows how corporations and large governments parallel the increase in size of dinosaurs without an increase in brain size or awareness.

End-of-Life Cosmologies with Marilyn Mandala Schlitz

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Week 6 of the course Conscious Aging.

The featured presenter for this class is Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, President/CEO of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. In this class we learn about IONS’ transformation model as it relates to conscious aging. We explore the beliefs of other cultures about what happens to consciousness after death, discover the latest research about survival of consciousness, and reflect on our own beliefs and how they impact our ability to support others as they move through their process of transition.

Dr. Grof reflects on the insights that have emerged from over 40 years of non-ordinary state research into the human psyche with psychedelics and Holotropic Breathwork™. He then relates this material to dynamics we are now experiencing on the world stage, showing how unconscious perinatal material is influential in war, violence, and oppression, and is often used by political leaders.

This groundbreaking 80-page report from the Institute of Noetic Sciences charts the transition from a mechanistic and materialistic worldview to one that is built on a foundation of interconnectedness, cooperation, and the intersection of science and spirituality.

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In the view of IONS Senior Scientist Dean Radin, we’re in the midst of an epochal transition from a world steeped in fear and hysteria to one that’s, well, a bit less fearful and hysterical. This insightful and entertaining interview focuses on the shift from a mechanistic model of science to one based on quantum interconnection, drawing upon the latest research on the effects of minds on other minds, as well as the environment.

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In this talk, Elisabet draws inspiration from the extraordinary designs provided by nature showing how we can live more lightly and sustainable. She sees abundant evidence for us transitioning from a primarily competitive and egocentric era, which is typical of young populations of any species, into an era in which we learn to cooperate and communicate as one global family.

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Network for Grateful Living founder Brother David Steindl Rast has walked in many worlds, from contemplative Christian monasteries to Naval academies to new paradigm workshops at Esalen. Out of his broad experience has emerged a deep wisdom that lights the path forward from traditional theistic religion and its reliance on doctrine and belief to panentheism, which focuses on direct experience and seeing God as fully present in the world.

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Deepak argues that consciousness is the phenomenon, and all else is the epiphenomenon. Just as our DNA differentiates skin, bone, and organs, our consciousness differentiates perceptions, cognition, moods, behavior, biology, social interaction, personal relations, the environment, and forces of nature.

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Spiral Dynamics Integral provides a powerful, multi-leveled mapping of culture, values, and consciousness. In this interview, the leading practitioner of this work, Don Beck, shares his insights about how we can more effectively meet different cultures with solutions appropriate to their "memetic codes."